Valerie Cincinelli, Ex-NYPD Officer Accused In Murder-For-Hire Plot, Expected To Plead Guilty CBS New York 4 hrs ago Syndicated Local – CBS New York NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A former NYPD officer accused in a murder-for-hire plot is expected to plead guilty Friday. Prosecutors say Valerie Cincinelli tried to hire a hitman to kill her estranged husband and her boyfriend’s teenage daughter in 2019. Cincinelli is expected to plead guilty to obstruction of justice. She faces 46-57 months in prison if convicted. The case was reassigned to a new federal judge after Judge Sandra Feuerstein was killed in a hit-and-run crash last week in Florida.